Project Planning & Control Manager
Job Details
Job Title:
Project Planning & Control Manager
Department:
Engineering
Location:
Dubai, UAE
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary:
TBD
Job Description of Project Planning & Control Manager
✅ Denholm Yam is looking for a seasoned Project Planning & Control Manager to lead project controls across its engineering and construction portfolio. This is a high-impact leadership role for a professional with at least 15 years of multi-discipline project controls experience in Oil & Gas and plant construction.
✅ You will define the sequence of engineering and construction activities, establish resource requirements, and manage budgets and schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project. By leading project controls procedures, you will help ensure optimal productivity, cost efficiency, and full compliance with Denholm Yam’s HSE and Quality standards, directly shaping the successful delivery of major energy projects in the region.
Key Responsibilities of Project Planning & Control Manager
✅ Planning & Scheduling
✅ Establish the sequence of engineering tasks for each project by interpreting drawings, technical method statements, and build sequences.
✅ Develop detailed engineering and construction schedules using Primavera, MS Project, and MS Excel.
✅ Quantify project scope and calculate quantities of work for steel structure, piping, mechanical equipment installation, coating, and other disciplines.
✅ Identify additional work or site instructions, prepare sequences and costs, and raise additional work order claims.
✅ Resource & Organization Planning
✅ Calculate resource requirements and develop manpower and equipment histograms.
✅ Establish each project’s management organization chart and integrate the OBS (Organization Breakdown Structure) with the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).
✅ Define equipment capacity requirements and develop the overall equipment mobilization schedule.
✅ Project Controls & Governance
✅ Develop project controls procedures and specifications covering the full process flow, in line with customer requirements, engineering standards, and good engineering practices.
✅ Establish and maintain a front-end document management system, integrated internally and with customers.
✅ Conduct scheduled audits to ensure procedures are followed, and identify and implement process improvements.
✅ Cost & Productivity Management
✅ Prepare cost estimates for each project and control actual costs against budget.
✅ Assign budgeted productivity targets, monitor actual productivity during execution, and perform statistical analysis to recommend improvements or revise the estimation database.
✅ Constructability & Facility Planning
✅ Prepare manufacturability and constructability reports by analyzing 3D project models and developing construction sequences.
✅ Develop optimal fabrication yard utilization layouts aligned with each project’s timeline.
✅ Reporting & Leadership
✅ Prepare weekly and monthly performance reports for projects and the overall facility, and devise strategies to improve productivity and efficiency.
✅ Supervise the project controls team, providing technical guidance on systems, work sequencing, and estimating.
✅ Business Development Support
✅ Support the business development team during tenders with work sequencing, resource estimation, preliminary lifting/rigging studies, equipment cost projections, organization structures, and mobilization schedules.
✅ Compliance
✅ Ensure compliance with Denholm Yam’s Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental systems.
Qualification Required for Project Planning & Control Manager
✅ Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management or Engineering, or an equivalent combination of experience and relevant training.
✅ Minimum 15 years of multi-discipline project controls experience in the Oil & Gas field.
✅ Plant construction experience and plant-side know-how are essential.
✅ Proficiency in planning and scheduling with Primavera P6 or MS Project.
✅ Fundamental knowledge of cost management, planning/scheduling, and risk management (a plus).
✅ Certification in Project Controls, Cost Engineering, or Project Management (a plus).